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  1. The Novels of Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, 1965-10-01
  2. The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest (Everyman's Library) by Dashiell Hammett, Robert Polito, 2000-12-05
  3. The Assistant Murderer and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett (Halcyon Classics) by Dashiell Hammett, 2010-03-16
  4. Hammett's Moral Vision: The Most Influential In-Depth Analysis of Dashiell Hammett's Novels Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass ... Man (The Ace Performer Collection series) by George J. "Rhino" Thompson, 2006-12-01
  5. Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers by Jo Hammett, 2001-10-14
  6. Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett : 1921-1960 by Richard Layman, Julie M. Rivett, 2002-06
  7. The Dashiell Hammett Tour: Thirtieth Anniversary Guidebook by Don Herron, 2009-03-01
  8. Nightmare town (A Mercury mystery) by Dashiell Hammett, 1948
  9. Woman in the Dark by Dashiell Hammett, 1989-07-17
  10. Dashiell Hammett Omnibus (Everyman's Library) by Dashiell Hammett, 2007-09-21
  11. Five Complete Novels by Dashiell Hammett, 1980-01-01
  12. the DASHIELL HAMMETT sampler
  13. The Critical Response to Dashiell Hammett (Critical Responses in Arts and Letters)
  14. Dashiell Hammett, underworld USA (Les infrequentables) (French Edition) by Jean-Pierre Deloux, 1994

21. Dashiell Hammett
Ausf¼hrliche Vorstellung eines der geistigen V¤ter des Hardboiled .
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22. Dashiell Hammett
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback. dashiell hammett (18941961) - wrote his first fiction under the pseudonym Peter Collinson. American novelist who also
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dhammett.htm
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B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) - wrote his first fiction under the pseudonym Peter Collinson American novelist who also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Hammett's best known books include THE MALTESE FALCON (1930), filmed three times. It introduced detective Sam Spade who is investigating the murder of his colleague, detective Archer. Spade finds himself involved with an odd assortment of characters, all searching for a black statue of a bird. Among them are the gorgeous redhead Brigid O'Shaughnessy, her employer, Fat Man Casper Gutman, Joel Cairo, an agent of Gutman, and Wilmer Cook, a nervous, trigger-happy bodyguard. "Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting V under the more flexible V of his mouth. His nostrils curved back to make another smaller V. His yellow-grey eyes were horizontal. The V motif was picked up again by thickish brows rising outward from twin creases above a hooked nose, and his pale brown hair grew down - from high flat temples - in a point on his forehead. He looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan." (from The Maltese Falcon With Raymond Chandler Hammett represented the early realistic vein in detective stories. His tough heroes confront violence with full knowledge of its corrupting potential. In his novels Hammett painted a mean picture of the American society, where greed, brutality, and treachery are the major driving forces behind human actions.

23. Sous Le Signe Du Mensonge, Note Sur La Clé De Verre (The Glass Key) De Dashiell
Analyse du roman Sous le signe du mensonge .
http://lartdaimer.free.fr/num/1/hammett.htm
accueil sommaire index des articles commander ... nous contacter SOUS LE SIGNE DU MENSONGE
Note sur de Dashiell Hammett
Le titre du dernier grand roman de Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key
Dog house
dandy gentleman It was a large room in the old manner Sure. Once back in 1912 I was. I forget what it was about.
gentleman Lend me some money bonjour
Observer
demande Janet. I think maybe I do I wish you would like me, if you can. I think maybe I do.
David AGRECH

24. Dashiell Hammett, Mystery And Suspense Writer
Novels. hammett, dashiell, Red Harvest, 1929. Collections of Short Fiction. hammett, dashiell, The Continental Op, Random House, New York, 1930.
http://www.hycyber.com/MYST/hammett_dashiell.html
Samuel Dashiell Hammett
Creator of the Hard-Boiled Detective Genre
Novels
Hammett, Dashiell,
Red Harvest, 1929. Character: Continental Op
The Dain Curse, Penguin, Middlesex, 1929. Characters: The Detective, Owen Fitzstephan
The Maltese Falcon,
The Glass Key,
The Thin Man,
1932. Characters: Nick Charles, Nora Charles, Asta
Woman in the Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance, Knopf, New York, 1933. ISBN: 0-394-57269-6 Characters: Brazil, Luise Fischer
Original Short Fiction
Hammett, Dashiell,
The American Magazine
Black Mask

Black Mask
(as Peter Collinson)
Colliers Ellery Queen Saucy Stories
Collections of Short Fiction
Hammett, Dashiell, The Continental Op Random House, New York, 1930. ISBN: 0-394-48704-4 The Big Knockover Vintage, New York, 1966. ISBN: 0-679-73359-9 The Continental Op, Vintage, New York, 1974. ISBN: 0-679-72258-0 Nightmare Town Knopf, New York, 1999. ISBN: 0-375-40111-3
Sources of Biographical and Bibliogaphical Information
Goldstone, Tony (ed.), Chapter 5. Detective and Mystery

25. HAMMETT, DASHIELL
International forfatterbibliografi.
http://www.bibliografi.dk/hammett_dashiell.htm
A B C D ... Z
HAMMETT, DASHIELL
Samuel Dashiell Hammett er født den 27. maj 1894 i St. Mary’s County, USA og døde den 10. januar 1961 i New York City
"Den tynde mand : detektiv-roman" ("The Thin Man")
Berlingske Forlag : 1935
Grafisk (G-Bøgerne, 8), ny udg. : 1960
Fremads Kriminalromaner, ny udg. : 1967, 1970(2)
Fremads Krimiklassikere, 2. udg. : 1984(1)
Fremad, ny udg. : 1998 "Den maltesiske falk" ("The Maltese Falcon")
Hudibras (Pop-serien, 1) : 1946
* "Malteserfalken"
Fremads Krimiromaner, 2. udg. : 1966(1), 1969(2)
* "Ridderfalken" Fremads Krimiklassikere, 2. udg. : 1984(1) novelle i "Alverdens bedste kriminalhistorier", bind 2, ved Harald Mogensen Hasselbalch : 1955 Hasselbalchs Billigbøger, ny udg. : 1965 novelle i "Forbrydere, detektiver og agenter", Gjellerup : 1967 novelle i "Masser af mord : en kriminalantologi", ved Ole Ravn Dansklærerforeningen/Skov : 1981 novelle i "Lær om krimi : antologi, 8.-10. klasse", ved Birger Reker Holm Gyldendal, 1. udg. : 1985, 1987(2) Hobbitrup Tidende : 1995 "Manden, der dræbte Dan Adams", novelle i "Alverdens bedste kriminalhistorier", bind 2

26. Dashiell Hammett
From the Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection site, this is a long single page containing a detailed analysis and typology of many stories.
http://members.aol.com/mg4273/hammett.htm
Dashiell Hammett A Typology of Hammett's Plots Fly Paper The Gatewood Caper ... A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection Home Page
Dashiell Hammett
Red Harvest (1927) The Big Knockover
  • The Gatewood Caper (1923)
  • The Scorched Face (1925)
  • Corkscrew (1925)
  • The Gutting of Couffignal (1925)
  • The Big Knockover (1927)
  • This King Business (1928)
  • Fly Paper (1929)
The Continental Op
  • The Tenth Clew (1924)
  • The House on Turk Street (1924)
  • The Golden Horseshoe (1924)
  • The Whosis Kid (1925)
  • The Main Death (1927)
  • The Farewell Murder (1930)
A Man Named Spade and Other Stories
  • Too Many Have Lived (1932)
  • They Can Only Hang You Once (1932)
  • Nightshade (1933)
The Continental Op (1946 collection)
  • Zigzags of Treachery (1924)
  • Women, Politics and Murder / Death on Pine Street (1924)
The Return of the Continental Op
  • One Hour (1924)
Hammett Homicides
  • Night Shots (1924)
  • Ruffian's Wife (1925)
  • Two Sharp Knives (1934)
Nightmare Town
  • Nightmare Town (1925)
The Creeping Siamese
  • The Man Who Killed Dan Odams (1923)
  • Tom, Dick, or Harry (1925)
A Man Named Thin
  • The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody / Wages of Crime (1923)
  • Itchy (1924)
  • The Figure of Incongruity / A Man Named Thin (1926 ?)

27. The Continental Detective Agency - Biography
dashiell hammett BIOGRAPHY In his 66 years hammett lived enough for two lives the years as a Pinkerton Detective, the heroic struggle with TB, the
http://www.transki.freeserve.co.uk/biog.htm
DASHIELL HAMMETT BIOGRAPHY
In his 66 years Hammett lived enough for two lives: the years as a Pinkerton Detective, the heroic struggle with TB, the groundbreaking and successful writer, the socialite, the political activist, the victim of McCarthy and not forgetting the women and the parties and the alcohol. Because the basic detail of his life is so fascinating we certainly recommend a full biography as essential reading. BIRTH AND STUFF Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born on May 27, 1894 in a small town in Maryland, the son of Richard Hammett a farmer and local politician with a reputation for enjoying wine and women - traits which his son would inherit. Around the turn of century Richard Hammett made an injudicious switch of allegiance from Democrat to Republican in an attempt to run for public office, a move so disastrously unpopular that he was forced to sell the farm and leave town. After a short stay in Philadelphia the Hammetts settled in Baltimore where Richard Hammett worked as a sales representative. His mother Annie encouraged his literacy and Samuel became a voracious reader - an activity he pursued throughout his life. By 1908 Richard Hammett was too ill to work and the 14 year old Samuel was forced to leave school to start paid employment. A succession of manual labouring and clerking jobs followed until, in 1915 he took up a position as clerk at the Baltimore office of

28. Lillian Hellman
American playwright and memoirist who had lifelong relationship with mystery writer dashiell hammett. She attacked injustice, exploitation, and selfishness in her plays.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lhellman.htm
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B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Lillian Hellman (1905-1984) American playwright and memoirist, who had a lifelong relationship with the mystery writer Dashiell Hammett . Hellman was active on political left. Many of the characters in her works were based on her own family members. Despite writing only 12 plays, Hellman was a leading voice in American theatre. "There are people who eat earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat." (from The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman was born in New Orleans to Julia (Newhouse) Hellman, who came from Alabama, and Max B. Hellman, from New Orleans. She moved with her family to New York at the age of five, and spent in her childhood half of every year in New York City and the otherhalf back in Louisiana at a boarding house run by her aunts. Hellman studied at New York University (1922-24) and Columbia University (1924) without completing a degree. She began her writing career by reviewing books for the New York Herald Tribune (1925-1928) and published short stories in the magazine The Paris Comet . From 1930 she read scripts for MGM in Hollywood. Her marriage (1925-32) with the playwright and press agent Arthur Kober ended in divorce, and she returned to New York. By that time she had already started an intimate friendship with Hammett, that would continue until his death 1961. Hellman was the inspiration for Hammett Nora Charles, the loyal wife of the detective hero Nick Charles. In real life, Hellman had several affairs during the decades she was close with Hammett, among others with John Melby, whom se met in Moscow in the 1940s.

29. Hammett, Dashiell
Forlaget Fremads biografi og links til b¸ger.
http://www.fremad.dk/datterforlag/fremad/fremad.nsf/alle_forfattere/8F01C2EE45B8

30. Arts And Entertainment Directory: Hammett, Dashiell
Arts and Entertainment Directory hammett, dashiell, including ArtsandEntertainment.us. hammett, dashiell. HomesTop Arts Literature Genres on 'The Maltese Falcon', movie and book. dashiell hammett http//members.aol.com/mg4273/hammett. htm
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Hammett, Dashiell Homes Top Arts Literature ... H Hammett, Dashiell CATEGORIES LINKS
The Continental Detective Agency
http://www.transki.freeserve.co.uk
'An exploration of the life and works of Dashiell Hammett, author of the Maltese Falcon and founder of the school of the hard boiled detective.' Includes a hypertext-annotated biography of Hammett, among other things.
The Continental Op
http://nanaimo.ark.com/~wilted/
'The first in a long line of hard-boiled detectives', nameless, middle aged, short, fat, brutal, honest, the Op was Hammett's first and main hero. Bibliography - publishing and synopses, quotes (excerpts), links, cover art.
The Maltese Falcon FAQ Version 3
http://www.ejmd.mcmail.com/-1.htm
The definitive online resource on 'The Maltese Falcon', movie and book. Dashiell Hammett http://members.aol.com/mg4273/hammett.htm From the 'Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection' site, this is a long single page containing a detailed analysis and typology of many stories. Dashiell Hammett http://members.aol.com/MG4273/hammett.htm

31. The3rdegree.com (formerly Judas)
Quarterly publication dedicated to contemporary hardboiled crime fiction in the tradition of dashiell hammett and Raymond Chandler.
http://www.adau.net/judas_ezine/

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32. PHONE-SOFT INTERNET-VERZEICHNIS DEUTSCHLAND:HAMMETT, DASHIELL
hammett, dashiell. dashiell hammett Der Malteser Falke Sam Spade gehört zu den zynischen Hörspiels nach dem Roman von dashiell hammett. One Plus One Rezension D
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TOP-LINK UP-LINK DISCUSSION SEARCH ... HELP HAMMETT, DASHIELL
  • Dashiell Hammett: Der Malteser Falke - Sam Spade gehört zu den zynischen, desillusionierten Privatdektiven aus der "schwarzen Serie" der 30er Jahre ...
  • Der dünne Mann - Rezension des Hörspiels nach dem Roman von Dashiell Hammett.
  • One Plus One: Rezension D. Hammett: "Die Frau im Dunkel" - Mit Links zu weiteren Hammett-Rezensionen bei One Plus One. GLEICHE KATEGORIE: INTERNATIONAL
  • 33. Roman Populaire Et Roman Policier
    L'analyse des romans populaires et policiers de Georges Simenon, Agatha Christie ou dashiell hammett.
    http://iquebec.ifrance.com/roman-populaire/
    Aide Livres Autos Nouveautés ... Liens Accueil
    referencement gra
    tuit et
    referencement manuel
    Analyse (L') Roman complet en ligne ... Roman complet en ligne ... Roman complet en ligne ... Le roman Monsieur Lecoq d' Émile Gaboriau est maintenant complété ! Tous les chapitres peuvent être lus en ligne ! Objet du site Le premier objet de ce site est l'analyse de romans populaires et de romans policiers. Il s'adresse à ceux qui ont déjà lu les romans étudiés et à ceux qui veulent en savoir plus que ce que les commentateurs ont l'habitude de raconter et éventuellement partager leurs impressions par le biais du livre d'or Une analyse sérieuse comporte une description précise des personnages et des situations vécues par ceux-ci, de même que des extraits pertinents. Pour comprendre les philosophies, les astuces et les détours de pensée des auteurs, il est nécessaire de révéler les solutions finales des romans policiers, parce que les coupables et les victimes ne sont pas choisis au hasard et qu'il y a souvent plus dans les romans que des histoires de meurtres et de vols. Soyez-en prévenus ici même La section livres c'est par ici Earl Derr Biggers Agatha Christie Arthur Conan Doyle ... Rex Stout Pour ceux qui aiment les voitures et les images ou les images et les voitures, j'ai ajouté de petites sections

    34. Checklist Of Dashiell Hammett Fiction
    Single page listing stories, usefully crosslinked, as many were published under different names or in slightly different forms.
    http://spotlightongames.com/mysteries/hammett.html
    Checklist of Dashiell Hammett Fiction
    Novels, novellas and short stories sorted alphabetically by title Last updated 9 November 1999.
    • "The Advertising Man Writes a Love Letter" in Judge , 26 February 1927 []
    • "Afraid of a Gun" [] [x]
    • "After the Thin Man" [] [x]
      • in The New Black Mask , Nos. 5-6 (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1986)
    • "Albert Pastor at Home" []
    • "Arson Plus" [] [x]
      • in The Black Mask , 1 October 1923)
      • in The Woman in the Dark (Spivak, 1951)
    • "The Assistant Murderer" [] [x]
      • in The Black Mask , February 1926
      • in The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Spivak, 1944)
      • in They Can Only Hang You Once (Spivak, 1949)
      • in Nightmare Town (Knopf, 1999)
    • "The Barber and His Wife" []
      • in Brief Stories , December 1922
      • in A Man Named Thin and Other Stories (Ferman, 1962)
    • "Ber-Bulu"
    • "The Big Knockover" [] [x]
      • in Black Mask , February 1927)
      • in $106,000 Blood Money

    35. The Maltese Falcon FAQ Version 3
    According to William F. Nolan (dashiell hammett A Life at the Edge, Arthur Barker Ltd London audience, the story treatment (from dashiell hammett's novel) and the Cortez smile
    http://www.ejmd.cwc.net/-1.htm
    The Maltese Falcon FAQ version 3 [broken internal links repaired 3/99] This Hard-Boiled Noir site owned by ejm duggan
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    This article is provided as is without any express or implied warranties. While every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this article, the author assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. The contents of this article reflect my opinions only and not necessarily those of my employer. This page has had hits (since September 1997)
    From the original Maltese Falcon FAQ:
    The Boring Bit
    This FAQ isn't really made up of answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Rather, it consists of a series of statements that might be given as answers to possible questions about The Maltese Falcon Its genesis lay in my frustrated attempts to find information on the novel/film via the wonderfully over-hyped 'internet'. There was just nothing available. So in the best 'necessity is the mother of invention' tradition, I began to write what will become, I hope, what I would have wanted to have been able to find originally. Much of the information contained herein was gleaned from the sources cited in the bibliography.

    36. CNN.com - Books - New Collections Capture Early Genius Of Dashiell Hammett - Apr
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    37. Dashiell Hammett
    dashiell hammettdashiell hammett Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles, Fan Sites. dashiell hammett. dashiell hammett .
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    38. Dashiell Hammett Der Malteser Falke
    Sam Spade geh¶rt zu den zynischen, desillusionierten Privatdektiven aus der schwarzen Serie der 30er Jahre.
    http://www.egotrip.de/hoeren/MALTESER.HTM

    39. Dashiell Hammett
    dashiell hammett, in J. Vogt (Hg.) Der Kriminalroman. Poetik, Theorie, Geschichte, München 1998.
    http://www.uni-essen.de/literaturwissenschaft-aktiv/Vorlesungen/epik/hammett.htm
    Dashiell Hammett
    * 27.05.1894, St. Mary's Country (Maryland)
    10.01.1961, New York amerikanischer Schriftsteller Kurzgeschichten Black Mask Romane hard boiled school Detektivromans ausweisen. Bis heute gilt er mit Raymond Chandler als der bedeutendste amerikanische Kriminalschriftsteller. Nach langjähriger Tätigkeit als Drehbuchautor in Hollywood wurde er wegen seines sozialistischen Engagements vom Ausschuß für "unamerikanische Aktivitäten" verfolgt, 1951 zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt und fast aller Publikationsmöglichkeiten beraubt. The Maltese Falcon (1930) und The Thin Man (1934), eine zynische Kriminalgroteske. Deutlicher noch wird die realistische und moralische Wendung, die Hammett dem Detektivroman gab, in seinem Erstling Red Harvest (1929) oder seinem eigenen Lieblingswerk The Glass Key tough guys The Maltese Falcon oder der Spieler Ned Beaumont in The Glass Key JV Wichtige Schriften: Sekundärliteratur:
  • F.A. Kittler: Über die Kunst, mit Vögeln zu jagen. "Der Malteser Falke" von Dashiell Hammett, in: J. Vogt (Hg.): Der Kriminalroman. Poetik, Theorie, Geschichte, München 1998.
  • 40. The Continental Detective Agency - Lillian Hellman
    A Hellman biography from this dashiell hammett focused website.
    http://www.transki.freeserve.co.uk/hellman.htm

    LILLIAN HELLMAN BIOGRAPHY

    We have noticed a steady stream of visitors to this site looking for information on Lillian Hellman. Naturally our main interest is in Hammett but we now include a brief essay here. Hammett fans looking for further details of her relationship with him should be advised that the few details Hellman wrote about the thriller writer have been mostly collected from her autobiographies and serve as the introduction to The Big Knockover And Other Stories. Hellman is somewhat out of fashion these days. A brief survey of new and used bookshops in our home town turned up a single (tatty) second hand copy of Pentimento - a tie in with Fred Zinnemann's 1977 screen adaptation Julia . Inside the front cover someone had scribbled that 'the film sucks because of what they left out - see page 139'. A quick flick to the appropriate page showed the word 'communist' underscored several times. And this reveals the real reason for her unfashionable status. Hellman was a heavyweight dramatist who wrote about serious issues and at a time when the musical has monopolised much theatre space such work struggles to find an audience. Interest in Hellman's life, however is quite considerable, as she led a life as full and as varied as Hammett's. Lillian Florence Hellman was born on June 20th, 1905 in New Orleans and although moving to New York at the age of five, she frequently returned to the South which later emerged as a setting for

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